Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Continuously tunable inductor and method to continuously tune an inductor
- Patent Title (中): 连续调谐电感和连续调谐电感的方法
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Application No.: US12369021Application Date: 2009-02-11
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Publication No.: US08044732B2Publication Date: 2011-10-25
- Inventor: Marcel A. Kossel , Thomas E. Morf , Martin Leo Schmatz , Jonas R. Weiss
- Applicant: Marcel A. Kossel , Thomas E. Morf , Martin Leo Schmatz , Jonas R. Weiss
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Gail H. Zarick; Vazken Alexanian; Lily Neff
- Priority: EP08101515 20080212
- Main IPC: H03B5/12
- IPC: H03B5/12

Abstract:
A continuously tunable inductor with an inductive-capacitive (LC) voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) having a primary coil. The inductor includes a separate isolated secondary coil, a set of transistors composing a closed loop with the secondary coil, a magnetic coupling between the primary coil of the LC VCO and the secondary coil, an electrical coupling between the LC VCO and the set of transistors composing a closed loop with the secondary coil, and means for electric current injection into the closed loop. Such an inductor can be tuned by modulating a mutual inductance, which is magnetically and electrically coupled with the LC VCO by injection of an electric current (I0).
Public/Granted literature
- US20090201097A1 CONTINUOUSLY TUNABLE INDUCTOR AND METHOD TO CONTINUOUSLY TUNE AN INDUCTOR Public/Granted day:2009-08-13
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